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Historical Event on 8/15/1992

Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
11/3/1929Dr. Hemant Vishnu Inamdar, thesis writer and editor, was born.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.
1/26/1982Meera Behn (Medlin Slade) freedom fighter, and Gandhin by thought awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
8/18/1958Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died.
9/13/1893Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of 'Prarthana Samaj', passed away.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
10/28/1946Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.
7/1/1990General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.